Bedclothes-support



F. EASTLUND.

2 I9 R 7 P M UA S D SE L, HH TIN W0 CT DA Ec L Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

tlNlTED STATES FRANK EASTLUND, 0F OMAHA,

NEBRASKA.

BEDCLOTHES-SUPPORT.

' Application filed April 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK EAs'rLUNn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedclothes-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to bed clothes supports and has for itS'object toprovide a de vice of this character which is simple in construction, andso constructed that bed clothing may be supported in such a manner asnot to bear upon a patient in the bed and particularly adapted for usein hospitals.

A. further object is to provide a bed clothes support comprising avertically disposed and adjustable standard carried by a clamp which maybe secured to a bed, the upper end of said standard having pivotedthereto transversely disposed arms, the outer ends of said armsterminating in right angle portions having bifurcations in whichbifurcations are pivoted arms which arms support the bed clothing. Alsoto provide the standard with a vertically movable and adjustable sleeve,to which sleeve is pivoted the inner ends of upwardly and outwardlyextending arms, which arms have their upper ends pivoted to thetransversely disposed pivoted arms carried by the standard.

A further object is to provide a bed clothes support, which is soconstructed that when it is not in use, it may be folded into a compactpackage for storage purposes.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings't- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bed clothingsupport, showing the same applied to a bed.

Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal sectional view through the angled end ofone of the transversely disposed pivoted arms.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a verticallydisposed rod, which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

1921. Serial No. 459,265.

rod has its lower end disposed in an aperture 2 of a clamp 3 and is heldin any vertical adjusted position by means of the set screw 4. The clamp8 is held on one of the vertical rods 5 of the bed 6 by means of setscrews 7, said clamp 3 being so constructed that it may be secured invarious vertical positions on the rod 5. The upper end of the rod 1 isthreaded as at 8 in a castin 9, which casting is provided withoppositely disposed bifurcations 10 and pivoted as at 11 in saidbifurcations 10 are transversely disposed arms 12, the outer ends ofwhich terminate in right angled portions 13, which right angled portionsextend inwardly in relation to the bed. The right angled portions 13have their inner sides provided with recesses 14:, in which recesses aredisposed the inner ends 15 of inwardly extending arms 16, which arms inconnection with the arms 12 support the bed clothing. Arms 16 arepivoted in the recesses 14 on screws 17, which screws when tightenedhold the arms 16 against inward movement. The free ends of the arms 16are provided with balls 17 for preventing tearing of the bed clothingwhen said bed clothing is thrown over the support as a whole. It is alsoto be understood that the arms 16 may be of any length desired.

Slidably mounted on the rod 1 is a sleeve 18, which sleeve is providedwith oppositely disposed bifurcations 19. in which bifurcations arepivoted as at 20,. the lower ends of upwardly and outwardly extendingarms 21, the upper ends of which arms are provided wi h bifurcations 22.which receive the arms 12, and whi h arms 12 are pivoted thereto as at23. The upwardly and outwardly extending arms 21 form supporting andbracing arms for the transversely disposed arms 12, when the set screw24 carried by the sleeve 18 is tightened. It will be seen that by movingthe collar 18 upwardly or downwardly and securing the collar in raisedor lowered position the bed clothing may be held at various elevations.Also that a further adjustment may be obtained by adjusting the rod 1 inthe clamp 8.

When it is desired to fold the cover support, set screws 17 and 2d areloosened, the arms 16 folded inwardly in the direction of the arms 12,then the sleeve 18 is forced downwardly, which action will allow the arm12 to assume a position adjacent the rod 1, therefore it will be seenthat the bed clothing supporter may be collapsed for storage purposes.

From the above it will be seen' that a bed clothing support is providedwhich is simple in construction and one which may be easily and quicklyapplied to a bed and collapsed as desired for storage purposes.

A bed clothes clamp is secured to the rod 1 by means of a screw 26 andbetween the jaws 27 of which clamp the bed cover may be clamped and heldagainst displace ment. i

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. The combination with a bed, of a bed clothing support therefor,said support comprising a vertically disposed rod, clamping means forclamping the lower end of said rod to the bed, outwardly extending armshaving their inner ends pivotally connected to the upper end of saidrod, arms pivotally connected to the outer ends of the pivoted a andadapted to move in a horizontal plane, a vertically adjustable sleevecarried by the rod, upwardly and outwardly extending braces pivoted tothe vertically adjustable sleeve, the upper ends of said braces beingpivot-ally neonate connected to the outwardly extending arms carried bythe upper end of the rod.

2. The combination with a bed, of a bed clothing support therefor, saidsupport comprising a verticallydisposed rod, the clamp carried by thelower end of said rod,'means for adjusting the vertically disposed rodin said clamp, said clamp formin means for attaching the verticallydisposed rod to a bed, outwardly extending arms having their inner endspivotally connected to the upper end of said rod, the outer ends of saidoutwardly extending arms terminatin in right angle portions in ahorizontal plane, said right angle portions being provided with recesseson the inner faces thereof horizontally disposed rods having one oftheir ends pivoted in the recesses of the rightangled portions, meansfor clamping said horizontally disposed arms in the recesses, avertically movable sleeve on the rod, means for holding said sleeve invarious positions on the rod, and upwardly and outwardly extendingbraces pivoted to the sleeve and having their upper ends pivotallyconnected to the outwardly extending arms.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a'liix my signature.

FRANK EASTLUND.

